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Author: Heather Lana

Adventuring in Shanghai

January 7, 2016Heather Lana Leave a Comment
Nighttime photo of the European waterfront in Shanghai called the Bund

Photo credit goes to Ashley Hung, this awesome girl from HK I met in my hostel here in Shanghai who has graciously offered me her photos from the areas I didn’t go to! I am really excited to talk about… Continue Reading →

Planning, Study Abroad, Travel adventure, china, chinese, excitement, planning, prep, solo, struggle, study abroad, Tired, travel

A Day Out in Hong Kong

January 4, 2016Heather Lana Leave a Comment
Mickey Mouse shaped handles for the train to Disneyland Hong Kong

Before my big adventure as mentioned in my last post, I am taking a short trip in to Hong Kong to see my friends off. With one full day in Hong Kong we decided to do the smart thing and… Continue Reading →

Study Abroad, Travel adventure, Disney, Ferry, hong kong, travel

10 Days Alone in China

January 3, 2016Heather Lana Leave a Comment
people holding passports in a circle

You know when I posted about going solo more often? Well I am proud to say that I am actually doing it. A little backstory, I originally planned on spending my break between semesters here in China traveling to different… Continue Reading →

Planning, Study Abroad, Travel adventure, Alone, excited, hangzhou, shanghai, solo, suzhou, travel, zhuhai

Heres to a Good Year

January 2, 2016Heather Lana Leave a Comment
woman holding a lit sparkler in front of her

I wonder how many times in my life have I written a goal down and never completed it? Most likely I forgot what I planned almost immediately and quickly lost the paper or format on which I wrote it down.… Continue Reading →

Planning, Study Abroad, Travel chinese, goals, Happy, life, planning

Thoughts on Going Solo

November 18, 2015Heather Lana Leave a Comment

I have been AWOL these last few months because I have not been able to access WordPress at all. It is technically banned in China so I have to use my VPN and that doesn’t always work. Regardless I feel… Continue Reading →

Study Abroad, Travel adventure, Alone, learning, solo

Flying Around The World

September 14, 2015Heather Lana Leave a Comment

I mentioned in my update post I had a very long flight. I actually wrote this post early last week but the internet has been particularly bad for a few days so I haven’t had any luck posting this. So… Continue Reading →

Study Abroad Airplane, china, Happy

It Is Good Not Being Dead

September 8, 2015Heather Lana Leave a Comment

I am alive! It feels like it has been months since I left the US but it really has only been few days. I have had so much packed in to this small amount of time that I don’t even… Continue Reading →

Planning Bust, china, Tired

The Downfalls of Wanting to Study Abroad

July 9, 2015Heather Lana Leave a Comment

If you’re like me then you might have dreamed of studying abroad since you were in middle school. The concept of going to live in another country and study with students and learn about the culture first hand has always… Continue Reading →

Study Abroad anxiety, china, heather, planning, study abroad, travel

5 Reasons to Learn a Language

June 3, 2015Heather Lana Leave a Comment

Often in America we grow up being taught Spanish or French without much thought. Spanish is the first language that school districts choose to teach and it is the second most widely spoken language in the U.S. beaten only by… Continue Reading →

Travel heather, language, money, travel

One Step Closer to the Future

May 29, 2015Heather Lana Leave a Comment

It is that time of year again. People are graduating high school and going out to a new life. While the juniors of the past are now seniors and the whole cycle begins again. So it comes to reason that… Continue Reading →

Planning heather, life, planning, struggle, student, study

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